The Frequency of Peaceful Protests
- Brainz Magazine
- 3 days ago
- 8 min read
Updated: 15 hours ago
Aaron Eschenburg is an Ayahuascero and Astrotheologer. He is the Founder and creator of Ancestral Herbs, a natural plant medicine company, and MiTranscendance Entheo Religious Society.
If we observe two clocks that have pendulums on two different walls, they will each tick-tock at their own one-second intervals. If we put both clocks on the same wall next to one another, their pendulums will start to synchronize as they begin to swing together and tick-tock in unison. The dominant frequency takes over the less dominant frequency as they become harmoniously intertwined.
“I was once asked why I don't participate in anti-war demonstrations. I said that I will never do that, but as soon as you have a pro-peace rally, I'll be there.” ― Mother Teresa
This is a phenomenon known as entrainment, where the stronger, more consistent rhythmic oscillation or “frequency” influences its cadence on the more variable frequency as they begin to resonate and physically move together. Reiki masters and sound healers are very privy to this science and exercise it with singing bowls, droning didgeridoos, gongs, shrudi boxes, vocal toning, tuning forks, and other healing tools. A body in dis-ease is a body out of harmony within itself and the cosmos, creating disease within itself. We can “tune” our mind and body through resonant tools and medicines to bring us back into vibrational ease and harmony within ourselves.
The Tacoma Narrows Bridge of 1940 has an extremely important role in civil engineering, physics, and understanding our vibrational world. The very capable designers and engineers who built this iconic bridge in Tacoma, Washington, had no idea that the vertical support cables that held the bridge together were tuned to a harmonic resonance of one another. Just months after its completion, high gusts of wind began to buffet the support cables, as if strumming a guitar. The cables began to vibrate and amplify the cable next to it, which resonated the cable next to it, and so on, synchronizing together and creating an audible hum. Like an echo chamber feeding back into itself, the bridge began to move and sway in a seemingly unnatural way.
The bridge was made of 20,665,000 lbs of structural steel, 3,654,000 lbs of reinforced steel, 8,500,000 lbs of cable wire and fittings, with 103,129 cubic yards of concrete. Though the bridge itself was made of the sturdiest materials available, it wasn’t long at all before the entire solid steel and concrete structure began to sway and bend like rubber twisting back and forth. With each passing second, the twists and bends became dramatically larger. Contorting over 10 thousand tons of steel in 28 ft tall waves until this 6 million dollar solid structure of the most durable stable materials known to humanity became so unstable it collapsed into the river beneath it. As if the wind was the grand conductor and the cables of the bridge were the string section of an orchestra, and the grand crescendo to this opus of the bridge was its structural demise.
This concept of entrainment, where the dominant vibration influences and manipulates the less dominant vibration, can be found in many aspects of nature and human life. Often, we can see this with women syncing their menstrual cycle to their closest friends or even with the Moon cycle and eclipses. Like passing a yawn from one to another, there is a vibrational element to our living beings that either resonates with others or repels them. Imagine a car with a subwoofer in the trunk driving by your house, and it rattles the windows of your home. The vibrations are audible and transmit changing air pressure that can be heard and felt from a great distance. These vibrations began in the trunk of the vehicle but aren’t limited to the structure itself. The same goes for our thoughts and feelings. They are subtle vibrations that don’t just stay in our cranium but send a ripple throughout our aura field. This vibration is either in harmony with others or creates dissonance. Like when the windows of your vehicle are rolled down at just the right height to create that strange warble sound, we have to adjust the height of the windows until the sound of the air flow becomes harmonious.
The Maharishi International University has published several studies supporting group meditation and reduced crime rates. When we collectively set our minds, hearts, and intentions to hold a vibration of peace, there is tangible scientific evidence that backs up the theory that our intentions have a real world effect on our physical reality. This process has been studied, contemplated, doubted, and duplicated multiple times throughout history to continue to prove its significance.
In the 1970’s and 80’s, studies suggested a 16% reduction in crime rates in cities where only 1% of the population practiced a particular style of Transcendental Meditation, TM.
In 1993, four thousand TM practitioners gathered in Washington, D.C. for two months, which showed a 23.3% reduction in violent crimes.
2007-2010, there was a large group practicing this meditation technique in Iowa, which led to a decrease in homicide by 21.1%, and violent crimes lowered by 18.5%.
Physically, we are singular individuals, collectively, we are a singular consciousness. Our individual vibration and field of consciousness are linked to the collective, just as the vibration held by the meditation practitioner is unified and linked to the entire population. The peace meditating practitioners mindfully resonate in a consistent vibratory state that ripples throughout society. Similar to the sub-woofer emanating from the trunk of the car that sends sound waves through its surrounding environment. Those waves can be felt and measured just the same as the influence of the TM practitioners can be felt and measured. These studies have been doubted, duplicated, measured, and proven time and time again with legitimate scientific data to back them up.
There’s great truth to this childhood fairy tale of Peter Pan, think happy thoughts, and you can fly. Allowing ourselves to focus on that of which we love, want, and desire wires the neuron-net of our brain, which triggers and amplifies the vibratory rate of our body. Our thoughts shape our reality, while life outside of self just “is” and things just “are”. It’s the human experience and our personal observation that determine what “is” and how we “feel” about it. There will always be things beyond our control happening all around us. Sustaining a mindset of prosperity and focusing on our contributions to the garden of the human experience raises our personal vibration and attracts others within a harmonious vibration.
What you resist persists. The act of resisting a feeling, an emotion, a situation, or a problem often gives it more power and keeps it present and relevant in our lives. When we resist something, we focus our mind, intentions, and energy on that which we do not want, which makes the problem seem larger and more relevant. This vibrational loop creates internal conflict, often with something we have no control over, which is an unproductive use of brain power and energy. Resisting reality is a lack of acceptance, which leads to anger, resentment, separation, substance use, escaping reality, and falling into unhealthy coping mechanisms.
To accept something doesn’t mean we approve of it. There’s a healthy amount of acknowledgment and understanding of acceptance that must happen to shift from a mindset of resistance and an internal argument with oneself that is “against” something, in order to shift our awareness to be “for” something. Only from this place of acceptance can we find internal peace and determine a strategy to move forward while focusing on that which we truly do love, want, and desire.
When we focus on anything, whether we want it or not, we send a ripple through the universe that says, “Yes! Give me more”, even if it’s the opposite of what we desire. This happens because we hold in our hearts and minds the vibration of what we are against. The universe doesn’t understand the difference and the grand genie at large says, “Your wish is my command”. Like running a race in your mind, the same fast-twitch muscle fibers fire just as if you were actually running the race. The brain doesn’t know the difference. We can actually gain muscle mass by exercising in our minds through mental imagery. That’s how powerful and strong our minds are!
“I was once asked why I don't participate in anti-war demonstrations. I said that I will never do that, but as soon as you have a pro-peace rally, I'll be there.” ― Mother Teresa
The difference between an anti-war rally and a pro-peace rally is the vibrational intent of “Anti – Against” to the vibration of “Pro – For” which determines what we are truly trying to manifest, what we allow our minds to focus on, and the proposed outcome. An attitude of gratitude might be challenging when faced with a scenario we don’t favor, but the acceptance of what is, is necessary to move forward gracefully with a healthy mind and heart.
So what do all these things have in common, and how do they tie together? The clocks with the pendulums are symbolic of how we humans synchronize together. How the individual with a strong personality or more consistent vibration of love, peace, ambition, prosperity, hate, anger, or rage can influence and manipulate others to “swing” to their cadence and match their energy.
The wind bellowing through the bridge represents an uncontrollable force. The support beams of the bridge represent the people feeding off of one another and amplifying the signal, while the bridge represents the structure and total collapse. The bridge is also how we cross from one side to the other, how we move from a place of resistance to acceptance. If we keep resonating at a vibration of resistance, we will sacrifice the entire structure, leading to destruction. Destruction is never the goal, crossing the bridge is always the goal.
The group meditation is directly related to what happens when large groups of people gather together with intent. The mental and emotional vibrational waves create ripples through our society at large, and the real life effects of that energy carry throughout our collective consciousness. This is not to be taken lightly. If we are collectively focused on peace, we see a decrease in crime with evidence. When we gather to collectively focus on what we don’t want and are against, we see more anger, hate, and all the things we do not want.
Why would Mother Teresa choose to go to a pro-peace rally but never an anti-war rally? Because she understood the mentality, the vibrational resonance, and intent behind the “anti” rallies, and she didn’t resonate with them. She understood that it was a lack of acceptance and a lack of clear motivation for what our hearts truly want and desire. The results are exactly the opposite of what we are actually gathering for.
There’s a point where we have to take a stand, no question, but we have to stand for something we believe in, not something we hate or are against. Be “for” someone, some cause, not against someone and against some cause. There is always an equal and opposite to everything, and it’s up to us to make the right decisions on what we are putting our time and energy into. If we see something that we don’t like, violence, injustice, or whatever, we have to learn to flip it and stand for the opposite in a positive way, and gather appropriately.
Stand for love, stand for peace, stand for equality, stand for clean food and water, protecting lakes, forests, jungles, lands, nature, animals, people, rights, science, truth, whatever you desire. Rally for something you love. Let love lead the way and remain in an attitude of gratitude and prosperity regardless of the outside world. Focus on the peace and be the sub-woofer emitting and vibrating your love to the world around you. The world needs more of that authenticity than anything else.
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Aaron Eschenburg, Ayahuascero, Astrotheologer
Aaron Eschenburg is an Ayahuasca Shaman and creator of the natural plant medicine company Ancestral Herbs. Being hit by a drunk driver at 21 spiraled him into a journey of exploring alternative medicines to get away from the side effects of pharmaceuticals. Astrotheology and plant medicines then came into his life at the same time, creating a better understanding of humanities relationship with our living planet solar system, and Universe. He now dedicates his life to helping others explore the options of natural healing, entheogenic practices, and embracing the Aquarian Age.
